It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit.

Here I have opportunity enough for the exercise of my talent, as the chief of my time is spent in conversation.

Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.

Fortunately for those who pay their court through such foibles, a fond mother, though, in pursuit of praise for her children, the most rapacious of human beings, is likewise the most credulous; her demands are exorbitant; but she will swallow any thing.

I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh.